January of the New Year...

We are unfortunately not sure when we will be given the go ahead to reopen our Branch. We will notify everyone as soon as we are given the green light to go ahead.

News From our Membership and Fist VP we will be going ahead and having our General Meeting on Wednesday, February 8th at 8:00pm in the legion upstairs hall.  We hope you will be able to attend. Check our Main Page for more details.

Our Trivia Night that is being held on March 4th hosted by Connie Johnson and her amazing Trivia team is completely sold out. We thank you for this amazing support!!!! Check out our Facebook Page for more details on how you can still support by purchasing tickets for our Gift Card Tree that has been donated by Some Amazing local Businesses.





2022 Poppy Campaign For our Branch.

Branch 372 would like to thank the faithful schools, businesses and patrons of Russell, Embrun, Limoges, Vars and Casselman who supported our Poppy Campaign in 2022.

With your help and the support of our dedicated volunteers, 5 Cyclone Air and 2804 Casselman Cadets, we raised the amount of $13,752.

The monies raised support the Perley Rideau Veterans' Home, Veterans and their families, bursaries and our local Cadets.

Maureen Marsolais

Poppy Chair

Branch 372


Visiting Russell Meadows.

Yesterday our Service Veterans Officer visited Russell Meadows and met with Veterans, and their partners, who are residents there.

Since it was Indigenous Veterans Day (Nov , it was extra special because there is a Veteran at Russell Meadows who is Indigenous.

Randy gave a presentation and opened the floor for general discussion on Remembrance.

We discussed the efforts of present serving members of the Canadian Forces/RCMP at home and abroad.

Randy discussed the role of the Royal Canadian Legion and what we are trying to do at the local Branch in Russell.

The picture with Cristine Field, Activity Coord at Russell Meadows, includes the water cooler the Branch donated to the Home as “Veterans Comfort”.

Our Veterans and seniors said they really appreciate the cooler because now they don’t have to go back to their rooms to get a cool drink of water on the hotter days outside.

Thanks to Maureen and all for supporting that initiative through the “Poppy Fund” .

November News....

Unfortunately we are still closed from the fire damage back in May. Hoping for a reopening date shortly.

We are excited to announce our Remembrance Parade and Ceremony are back starting at 10:15am On November 11th 2022 at the Branch.

Following the Ceremony Please join us at the Russell Curling Club for music by the Russell Male Choir. The Russell Club will be available for us until 4pm.

You might notice our new memorial Banners On our Branch. Thank you to the Executive for this initative.

Royal Canadian Legion LTH, Br.372 originated in memory of 3 Russell men who were killed in WW11.

These gentlemen were from the village of Russell.

All served in the RCAF and died while serving Canada.

Many extended family members still live in Russell.

When Branch 372 RCL was establish their names were adopted as the namesake for the Branch.

Adopting a Veteran’s name for a Branch is a common practice across Canada.

October news.....

We are working on our Remembrance Day Ceremony scheduled for November 11th 2022. More details to follow…..

We have our lawn signs back at a price of 20.00. Email Reeannslater@gmail.com to purchase yours. English and French Signs Avialble.

The Russell Trivia will be hosting a Trivia Fundraiser for our Legion On March 4th 2023 at the Russell Arena. More details to fillow on booking a table. We are currently looking for donations for the silet and live auction. Message reeannslater@gmail.com.

We hope to have news soon of the re opening of the Legion after our fire we had back in May of 2022.

Thank you for your continued support of our Branch 372.

September News.....

With the Passing of the Queen our Poppy Chair will be laying a wreath on the cenotaph at 11am Monday September 19th for the Queens Funeral until Sunset of The 19th of September.

Our Legion is trying to reopen upstairs in the next couple of weeks. The Lounge downstairs is still being remodeled after the fire that we had in May. We will update when we have more news.

Hope to see everyone soon ……

Rolling through July

VOLUNTEER HELP REQUIRED

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There are a number of positions that need to be filled.

SECRETARY --- retrieve, process, and distribute correspondence accordingly

e-mail notices to the board of executive and general meetings

take notes at the executive meetings (12 per yr.) and the general meetings (10 per yr.) and formulate plus type the minutes of each meeting

varying minor secretarial duties as they arise

TREASURER --- prepare cheques to pay invoices received

prepare monthly financial reports (from an established program)

basic computer skills are necessary

prepare bar staff payroll cheques for signature. ( again, there is an on-line program)

attend meetings (as many as possible)

YOUTH & EDUCATION --- as committee head of the "Youth & Education" portfolio, you will be responsible for selecting recipients eligible for our bursary distribution to students graduating

high school and planning further studies

organize and manage our annual poetry contest for students to select a winner who will be asked to read his/her poem at the Remembrance Service ceremony

candidate should be bilingual as both english and french schools of all faiths in our jurisdiction are eligible

We are also looking for a Sargeant-at-Arms and a few more committee posts need to be filled but priority is with the 3 positions outlined. They are "must fill" positions in order to preserve management of the branch. To apply and volunteer, send details of your interest to. "chalmersrobin1@gmail.com

June hasn't started so well......

We ended May with our yearly Board Elections and welcomed our new Board Of Directors for 2022.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our executive members who are leaving the board this year you will be missed. Without our amazing volunteers we would not be able to run out branch. You will all be tremendously be missed.

We would like to thank our new executives who have joined the board for 2022.

The new board takes over shortly.

Then on to not sure happy news… We unfortunately had a fire in the downstairs lounge area and have had to close the Branch for now.

Stay tuned for more updates on when we can reopen.

Welcome May.....

We had an amazing SOLD out event on May 6th. We saw so many happy faces return to the upstairs Entertainment Area to dance and sign with Eastbound of Bytown.

It was great to see everyone come out to this and thank you .

May 19th at 7pm we will have our next general meeting and Elections.